Super Eagles defender Efe Ambrose has turned down a move to Belgian side Standard Liege despite Celtic accepting a bid of around £300,000 for him.

English Championship side Reading and Blackburn Rovers all made bid for his services this summer, but their loan offer was rejected by Celtic, who were keen on letting the Nigerian leave on a permanent transfer.

Ambrose was told of the interest from the Belgian side and was duly informed that an agreement has been reached over a transfer fee but the Nigerian pulled the plug on the deal.

27 year old Ambrose is willing to remain at Chelsea until next summer, when he will be a free player as his contract has just 12 months to run.

However, the Nigerian who joined the Scottish side in 2012 from Israeli side MS Ashdod must contend with life out of the picture of the first team as he is presently not in the plans of manager Brendan Rodgers.

He has only played twice under the former Liverpool since the start of the season, but he is defiant the manager wants him and recently confirmed he wants to stay and fight for his spot in the team.

Usman Muhammed who played for Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Olympics has completed a permanent transfer to Portuguese second division side Uniao Madeira on a two year deal from Associacao Desportiva Sanjoanense.

Rumoured to be on the radar of several teams in Europe, his move to the Portuguese second division side according to a source close to the player, has already been agreed since his transfer to Portugal early this year.

The midfield maestro moved to ambitious Portuguese side Associacao Desportiva Sanjoanense on a two year deal from troubled Nigeria Professional League side FC Taraba in February on a free transfer.

“ The move to Sanjoanense was just a decoy to free him from FC Taraba, he was already cleared to move to Uniao Madeira, and that has now come to pass” He told Owngoalnigeria.com.

His move to the Portuguese side coincided with when the Nigeria U23s were neck deep in preparations for the Olympics, and that kept him away from club duties with the team.

20 year old Muhammed leaves the team without a single appearance to his team and at Uniao Madeira, he will be reunited with his Dream Team VI teammate Shehu Abdullahi who joined the team last summer.

Hot on the heels of the signing of Rabiu Ibrahim, Belgian side Gent have confirmed the signing of one cap Super Eagles midfielder Anderson Esiti on a four year deal.

Esiti is now officially the fifth Nigerian on the books of the club, with Moses Simon Rabiu Ibrahim, Peter Olayinka and Troost Ekong the others with the team.

However the duo of Ekong and Olayinka are presently out on loan to Norway ( FK Haugesund) and Czech Republic (Dukla Praha) respectively.

22 year old Esiti made his debut for Nigeria in the first AFCON 2017 qualifiers against Chad in Kaduna which Nigeria won 2-0.

Known for his strength in tackles and aerial abilities, he is also adept at spraying passes even though he is most at times deployed as a defensive midfielder.

The club can confirm that striker Sadiq Umar has completed a move to Serie A side Bologna.

The 19-year-old joins on an initial loan deal until 30 June 2017, with Bologna having an option to make the transfer permanent.

Should that be exercised, Roma will retain a buy-back clause on the player.

Sadiq initially joined the Giallorossi from Spezia on a loan deal at the start of the 2015-16 season, a move that was made permanent at the start of this summer. Last season he made six appearance for the senior team – scoring two goals – as he also played a part in the Primavera side that won the Italian title.

He played 19 games in total for the youth side, scoring 19 goals.

This summer he also represented Nigeria at the Olympic Games in Brazil, scoring twice in the third-place play-off to secure a bronze medal for his country.

*Courtesy AS Roma

Kelechi Nwakali has completed a loan move to Dutch second division side MVV Maastricht according to reports gathered by Owngoalnigeria.com.

Signed by Arsenal this summer, the gunners made it clear upon his signing that he will be loaned out to a team where he is guarantee to get playing time that will aid his development.

The captain of the Nigeria U-20s will most likely spend the rest of the season on loan at the Dutch side, where his progress will be monitored by Arsenal.

18 year old Nwakali was voted the best player at the last U-17 World Youth Championship in Chile which Nigeria won.

Nigeria Under-23s forward Nathan Oduwa has joined league one side Peterborough United on a six month loan deal, alongside goalkepper Luke McGee from English Premiership side Tottenham Hotspur.

20 year old Oduwa will be at the League one side till January before a decision will be made on if his loan is to be extended or terminated.

He was dropped from the bronze medal winning Nigeria U23s team at the Rio 2016 Olympics after two unimpressive displays for the team during an invitational tournament in South Korea.

Last season he was on loan to Scottish second division side Glasgow Rangers before returning back to England in January, following the termination of his loan deal.

He spent the rest of last season with League one side Colchester United , making just two appearances during his one month loan spell at the club.

Gernot Rohr got his reign as coach of Super Eagles underway with a 3-0 win over Nigeria Professional Football League side Akwa United, in a friendly game played at the Nest of Champions Stadium.

Super Eagles took the game to the Nigeria Professional league side from the blast of the whistle with Nosa Igiebor, Brown Ideye, Imoh Ezekiel and Victor Osimhen looking lively.

Osimhen was particularly impressive in attack, combining nicely with Ideye, and the duo were responsible for the first goal scored by the Super Eagles, with Osimhen providing the assist for Ideye to put the Eagles ahead.

The enterprising Osimhen almost got himself on the score sheet with an angled shot that narrowly missed target, as the Akwa United backline struggled to cope with his pace, tricks and skills.

Shortly before the half time break, Nosa Igiebor confirmed the Eagles dominance with the second goal for the Nigeria senior national team, to give them a 2-0 lead at the break.

Rohr made several changes after the game and among the substitutes were captain John Obi Mikel and his Chelsea compatriot Victor Moses, Ogenyi Onazi, Odion Ighalo, Ahmed Musa as well as William Troost Ekong and Leon Balogun.

However, Moses showed his red hot form for Chelsea was no flash in the pan, as he immediately took to the game with a solo run that got the crowd up on their feet cheering.

Elderson Echjiele who struggled all game long to keep Friday Ubong quiet, blotted what would have been a classy display for the Super Eagles in Rohr’s first game when he got sent off.

Odion Ighalo still somehow confirmed the Super Eagles superiority with the third goal for the Super Eagles shortly before the floodlights brought an end to the game.

The lights at the stadium refused to come on, forcing the game to be brought to an end, twenty minutes from full time.

The game is meant for the manager to see some of the players he plans to parade against Tanzania in Nigeria final AFCON 2017 qualifiers game in Uyo.

Super Eagles defender Elderson Echiejile has completed a loan switch to Standard Liege from French side Monaco.

The Nigerian was reportedly close to agreeing a loan deal to Spanish side Espanyol, but according to Spanish Sports site Mundo Deportivo the move broke down due to irreconcilable differences in their valuation of the player.

Echiejile has been at Monaco since making a January move to the French side in 2014, with 38 appearances and one goal to his name in three and half season.

The 28 year old is yet to make a single appearance for the French side this season, as he has fallen down the pecking order.

Since moving to Europe in 2008 from Bendel Insurance, he has raked up a total of 131 appearances with 6 goals from his role as a defender.

He has turned out for French side Rennes, Portuguese side Sporting Braga before his move to French side Monaco.

As exclusively reported by Owngoalnigeria.com one week ago, President of Norwegian side Viking has confirmed they are in talks with Arsenal over a loan deal for Nigerian teen wonder Kelechi Nwakali.

Nwakali captain of the Nigeria U20 team, joined Arsenal in the summer, with the club confirming he will be made available for loan due to issues bothering on work permits in the United Kingdom.

As reported by Owngoalnigeria.com, a loan move for the talented teen will only be sanctioned if the club fails to get a work permit for him, and even at that, he will train with Arsenal until January as he has a six months UK visa.

Viking have forged a strong connection with Arsenal and even engaged the Gunners in a pre season friendly, a player exchange deal was also discussed by both teams after the team.

Speaking to Dagsavisen RA, CEO of Viking Eirik W Henningsen confirmed contacts have been made with Arsenal over the potential signing of the 18 year old Nigerian as well as American-German Gedion Zelalem.

However talks about their loan deal is in view of a move next year when the transfer window opens in Norway, as reported by Owngoalnigeria.com as well.

Kenneth Omeruo has been officially confirmed as a player of Turkish side Alanyaspor as reported by Owngoalnigeria.com yesterday.

Omeruo passed his medical with the Turkish side and will spend the rest of the season on loan at the team, in the country where he last turned out on loan for Kasimpasa.

Last season while at Kasimpasa, he used jersey number 22, same number he uses in the national team of Nigeria and many were thinking he will settle for same again at his new side.

However, the 22 year old has picked up a shirt number that looks weird, as he has settled for jersey number 44, as witnessed during his presentation by the club.

The loan to Alayanspor, will be his fourth consecutive loan spell since joining Chelsea in 2013, ADO Den Haag, Middlesbrough and Kasimpasa were his other loan teams.